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PURSE. A No.268.831. Patented 136012.18824 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` FRIEDRICH VIBHELM SCHWARZ, OF OFFENBACH-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

PURSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,831, dated. `December 12, 1882.. Application led August 16. 1882. (N o model.)

ln the drawings, Figure l is a front elevationof my improved purseinits closed condition. Fig. 2 is a side or end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the purse open, with Vthe inner partition plate closed and locked; and Fig. 4 isa plan view showing the lid with the plate opened.

' The body ot' my purse is formed of a single Ipiece of leather pressed into a semi-spherical or convex shape, forming a bag, and a rim, A, of metal, to which said bag is attached by any desired means or in any suitable manner.

rllhe lid (shownat A) is formed-of metal, Wood, or other suitable inflexible material, and has attached to it a similar metallic rim, B. These rims are hinged to each other by any suitable hinges, as D, and may be freely moved to open or close the purse. To each of these rims B B', at any suitable point, is attached a knob, a., Whose stems incline toward each other, said knobs being placed in such a'relative position that they will strike When the purse is nearly closed, and may be sprung past each other, serving thus to lock the purse in its closed position.

To one side and within the rim B of thelid is hinged, as at d, a metal plate, (l, which of the lid from those of the body of the purse.

To this plate is attached a keeper, c, in which slides a 4spring-bolt, having a knob or handle, b.

In the rim B is a socket, e, to receive the end ot' the spring-bolt when the plate C is closed down upon the lid. The hinge at d is a spring-hinge, and causes the plate (l to automatically open when the spring-bolt is drawn back out of the socket e.

It will be seen from the foregoing descrip,- tiou that the lid A, being rigid, forms a very suitable receptacle for money of any kind, and one which may be readily opened to give a clear view ot' its contents. readily accessible, its contents beingr fully exposed When the purse is opened, and may contain tobacco, money, &c.

Having fully described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of' the United States, is

The purse herein described, consisting of the body composed ot' the seamless iexihle bag and rim B, the lid A, made of metal, wood, or other intlexible material in concave form, and hinged to said body hy means ot' its rim B, and the 'hinged metallic plate C, forming a cover to the lid and a partition between it and the body, and having a springhinge and locking-bolt, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specitication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRIEDRICH WILHELM SCHWARZ.

Witnesses F. VoeELER, J. GRUND.' 

